A point of parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman will state his parliamentary inquiry.

Maybe we will just have to try that sometime when we are 2 or 3 days from the expiration of our transportation funding or from defaulting on our national debt. I will be happy to come here to an empty Chamber. I recall one time, Mr…

What would happen if I showed up and you were not here to gavel us down into session? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will not respond to a hypothetical question.

If we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to the rule to bring up legislation that would protect jobs in America to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of my…

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of adoption of the…

Just to be clear, what we are offering as a previous question, if we win the previous question vote, this bill will then be amended and sent back to include a reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank, so the Democrats are choosing to…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 241, noes 181, not voting 12, as follows: [Roll No. 530] AYES--241…

I thank the gentleman from Alabama for yielding me 30 minutes, and I yield myself such time as I may consume. (Mr. POLIS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I yield myself such time as I may consume. We haven't even passed an Authorization for Use of Military Force to establish the legal way for who we are supposed to be fighting against. We are still operating under the post-9/11…

I hope we can begin addressing the needs of American workers of ensuring that the productivity and wage gap narrows.

Instead of calling this bill the Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act, we really should call it the Shell Game Loophole.

Study after study also shows that workers' diminished bargaining power is one of the key reasons that we've seen a decade of wage stagnation.

I think, if we set politics aside and consider the facts objectively, we can all agree that BFI should be considered a joint employer under these circumstances.

I personally applaud both the Freshii decision as well as the BFI decision.

The National Labor Relations Board should be allowed to follow their process... without Congress prejudicing its motives.

Our economy is at a crossroads. The link between productivity and wage growth has been broken for 4 decades.

Our economy is at a crossroads.

I thank the gentleman from Georgia for yielding the customary 30 minutes. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Speaker, H.R. 348, the RAPID Act, is an attempt to limit flexibility and eliminate the public's role in environmental…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 238, noes 183, not voting 13, as follows: [Roll No. 499] AYES--238…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 237, noes 187, not voting 10, as follows: [Roll No. 498] AYES--237…

If we defeat the previous question, I will offer an amendment to the rule to bring up legislation to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to insert the text of the amendment in the Record, along with…

Parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Roby). The gentleman from Colorado will state his parliamentary inquiry.

I have a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Colorado will state his parliamentary inquiry.

Does this martial law amendment mean that any bill next week can be brought up without the 24-hour notice that we normally have to read a bill directly to the floor? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair will not interpret the pending…

Well, Madam Speaker, that is the plain language of this amendment. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Without objection, 5-minute voting will continue. There was no objection. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the adoption of the amendment…